NEW ORLEANS - People displaced by future hurricanes will probably not get the $2,000 federal handout that went to Hurricane Katrina and Rita evacuees last year, a top official in the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Sunday.
The elimination of that post-hurricane financial aid is one of many changes in the agency's tactics this year, Coast Guard Vice Adm. Harvey Johnson, who was named FEMA deputy director in April, said in an interview.
He wouldn't give specifics on the elimination of the $2,000 payment or what might replace it.
The details of the changes - including streamlined ways of handling evacuations, transportation, shelters and debris removal - will be explained in a letter this week from Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security, to the governors of the 12 coastal states vulnerable to hurricanes.
He said his agency has improved since the storms of 2005 and the flood of criticism that followed its slow response to Katrina.
He wouldn't give specifics on the elimination of the $2,000 payment or what might replace it.
The details of the changes - including streamlined ways of handling evacuations, transportation, shelters and debris removal - will be explained in a letter this week from Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security, to the governors of the 12 coastal states vulnerable to hurricanes.
He said his agency has improved since the storms of 2005 and the flood of criticism that followed its slow response to Katrina.
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